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Originally Posted by stoneric
why wait for preflowering signs growing from seed and not clones?
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If a plant is grown from seed and put into flower before preflowering shows then it will take longer for the plant to flower. The plant may also suffer stress. If you wait for preflowering to show the plant will be a lot more willing to flower.
Because the age of a clone is effectively it's own age plus that of the clone parent, any viable rooted clone will probably be showing preflowering already. This is an advantage if you have height restrictions and a leggy strain with a long flower time as you can chuck them into flower as soon as they are rooted, keeping the final height down.
I believe you favor a fairly long veg time anyway Stoneric so it's pretty likely your plants will be showing preflower by the time you put them under 12/12.
Preflowering usually shows in 3 - 4 weeks from germination depending on the strain and environment.